Once she started laughing, Mrs. Weasley found it hard to stop; Harry looked worriedly at Ginny as Ginny stared at her mother with mixed emotions. The fits of laughter gave way to sobs and before she knew it, Molly weasley was crumpled on the floor sobbing as Ginny rushed to her mother and held her. Harry walked to Mrs. Weasley and hugged her, after she had stopped crying she wiped her eyes, smiled botchily at him and kissed his cheek. "Happy Birthday Harry" she said hoarsely and then cleared her throat. "I am sorry I started crying on your birthday, I didn't want to destroy the morning for you. It's just that I saw Ginny and you playing around, being the children that you are supposed to be and I couldn't help but feel sad that all of this was stolen from you by that vile creature."
Harry thought that Mrs. Weasley was crying for Fred, he was stunned to hear that she loved him enough to cry for his loss. He felt his eyes sting. "It's okay Mrs. Weasley. We don't have to lose anything now. And my life hasn't been completely awful. For the last seven years, through thick and thin, I have had Ron and Hermione and everyone else. I still remember the way all of you stood by me after Sirius' death, the way Moody threatened Uncle Vernon. I knew then that I would be fine and look, here I am." Mrs. Weasley smiled and then made to stand up as Harry offered his arm. "Now come on down Harry, we have been waiting for you for breakfast."
She led Harry and Ginny down to the kitchen which was full. Bill and Fleur had flooed in and were chatting with Charlie who had apparated from the dragon reserve in Ireland where he had transferred to keep close to the family. Percy was reading the Daily Prophet, George was staring into the distance like he usually did these days. Mr. Weasley was reading a muggle magazine on cars, Andromeda Tonks was bouncing Teddy who screamed gleefully and turned his hair green as soon as he saw Ginny. Harry smiled as he entered the kitchen. Fleur rose and kissed him on the cheek wishing him Happy Birthday, Bill, Charlie, Percy and Mr. Weasley smiled at him. Andromeda walked up to him and hugged him, steering him to an empty chair. Harry had just taken his seat when he heard a baby exclaim "Har" loudly, he turned to Ginny was throwing Teddy up in the air and catching him. Teddy squealed and then looked at Harry, morphed his hair black and squealed "Har" again.
"That's his third word then" Andromeda said proudly. "What do you mean third word?" Harry asked shocked. "Well his first word was 'annah' I think that stands for grandma, he called me that two days ago and his hair turned turquoise. This morning when I getting him ready, he said 'no' to a particular set of baby clothes and now he called you 'Har' and turned his hair black." Harry stood up, walked to Ginny and took Teddy in his arms "Is that right, Teddy? You know my name? Aren't you a big boy now! Three words in three days, I am so proud of you." Teddy squealed, and tried to climb his shoulder, he reached up, yanked Harry's glasses off and threw them on the ground and clapped his hands. "Teddy!" Andromeda chastised exasperatedly, "How many times have I told you! You do not take things and throw them on the ground. Bad boy, Teddy, you are such a bad boy." Teddy grinned and showed his gums to Andromeda as Ginny picked up, repaired and returned Harry' glasses.
"Oh dear!", Molly smirked, "I have seen this before. The twins would throw down things all the time; I guess they liked the noise or the chaos which ensued. That one is a trouble maker right there." She smiled sadly and looked at George who was still looking at a distance, not paying attention to the conversation around him. Teddy squirmed against Harry, wanting to be put down, when Harry put Teddy down on the ground; Teddy crawled around excitedly under the table. Andromeda made to get him out, but Harry stopped her. Teddy reached George's chair and tried to raise himself up yanking George's pants in the process. For the first time in several mornings, George responded and bent down to look under the table. He found a baby with magenta hair, sitting near his feet, raising his hands up. George carefully pulled the baby out and sat him on the table, looking curiously at him. "Magenta hair" he muttered, "Why kid, why do you have Magenta hair?" Teddy merely giggled at him. George looked up and caught Harry's eye, Harry smiled and said "His hair changes colour according to people. He has given a specific colour to everyone he recognises. So far you are the only Weasley apart from Ginny that has a specific colour; everyone else is just a vivid orange for him."
George looked down at the baby who grinned at him showing his gums. Teddy reached his hand out beckoning George forward, as soon as George bent his face to Teddy's level, Teddy poked a finger in the hole that had replaced his ear and wiggled his finger vigorously. "Calm down, Kid. It's just a cursed off ear." George muttered massaging his ear. Teddy laughed and poked him again "Really! Am I that fascinating?" Teddy clapped his hands, "Fine, I know I am fascinating, I was always the better looking twin anyway. You know I have a twin Fred, if you think I am fascinating now, you should have seen us together; we were a spectacle together. Stupid prat! Left me alone and died. And I can't even be mad at him because he died fighting. The fool!" George's voice cracked, he looked down at Teddy who was listening interestedly. Teddy gently placed his palm on George's cheek; grinned and smacked his face with a squeal. The entire kitchen had watched this exchange with baited breath. Everyone sucked in a breath as Teddy smacked George who had been a little unstable lately; no one knew how he would react. Andromeda twitched her arms but Harry placed a hand on it; they exchanged a look and focused back on George who was staring at Teddy blankly as Teddy clapped his hands and poked his ear again. The tension in the kitchen was so thick; that one could cut through it with a knife.
Everyone watched George. George grinned at Teddy "Are you by any chance channelling Fred's spirit? You know the Magenta robes were his idea and I won't put it past him smack me senseless for being so lifeless. I know I would have smacked him." Teddy giggled and started talking gibberish "You know what, you are right! Fred would have wanted me to continue causing mayhem and teach young intelligent beings like you, all the tricks of the trade. Not to forget, your dad was one of the legendary marauders. It would be a right shame, if his son wasn't able to break his detention record." Teddy nodded gravely as if he understood every word. "Right then, you my dear Lupin; are my protégée. You are the son of a God and now a faithful follower would hone your natural talents at causing mayhem. You would be a masterpiece." Teddy clapped his hands. "You like the idea, don't you?" Teddy laughed and then his attention was caught by Percy's glasses and his hair turned a vivid orange as he squirmed to go to Percy. When George looked up, he saw the entire table smiling at each other and at him.
Andromeda picked Teddy off the table before Teddy reached Percy as Teddy squealed 'No' adamantly. Harry happily made a duplicate of his glasses, put an anti-breaking charm on them and handed them to Teddy who promptly threw them down. Harry summoned the glasses back and gave them to Teddy who threw them again and thus the game continued. George watched the two play with a smirk and turned to Ginny, "The kid is something else, isn't he Gin?" Ginny grinned and just like that George found a way to ease his pain. As everyone finished breakfast, Bill, Fleur, Percy, Charlie and Mr. Weasley left for work, George muttered something about re-opening the shop and contacting Lee and left. Ginny assisted Mrs. Weasley in clearing the dishes after kicking Harry out of the kitchen.
